With depth at almost every position, the Blue Jackets’ roster appears to be well-stocked as it hits hockey’s summer lull.

There is one huge hole — top center, because restricted free agent Ryan Johansen has yet to re-sign — but the Jackets are otherwise in good shape.

There is no salary-cap crunch, and expectations are as high as they’ve been following the most successful season in franchise history.

But make no mistake: There are roster spots to be had come training camp, one or two of which could very well be filled by the first-round fruits of last year’s draft.

Forwards Alexander Wennberg, Kerby Rychel and Marko Dano — the 14th, 19th and 27th overall picks in 2013 — are expected to have a shot to make the team out of training camp. All three are participating in the club’s development camp this week.

“We have our veterans and we have our guys that we probably know are going to make our team,” general manager Jarmo Kekalainen said. “But there are going to be some spots that are up for grabs.”

Sound familiar?

“It’s what we tried to do last year when we made some decisions with some (veteran) players, to make sure that there was a chance for a Boone Jenner to make our team,” Kekalainen said. “Same with Ryan Murray, and you can count David Savard in that category, as well.”

The Jackets elected not to re-sign top scorer Vinny Prospal following the 2013 season, essentially freeing up a spot that was claimed by Jenner after the second-round pick in 2011 turned heads during training camp last fall.

This year, the Jackets parted ways with Derek MacKenzie, Blake Comeau and Jake Skille, unrestricted free agents who signed elsewhere last week.

It didn’t go unnoticed by Wennberg, Rychel and Dano, all of whom are coming off strong seasons and all of whom said — quite diplomatically — that they have designs on starting this season in the NHL.

“That’s the reason I come in every day to work out,” said Dano, a Slovak who began last season with Bratislava of Russia’s Continental Hockey League and finished it with minor-league Springfield, the Jackets’ American Hockey League affiliate.

Dano flew home following the AHL playoffs and returned to Columbus seven weeks ago. He has been working out with Blue Jackets veterans and interacting with the coaching staff all summer.

He said he has dropped 14 pounds in the process, increasing his speed and fitness and heeding Kekalainen’s call for players to report to camp stronger and faster.

Wennberg, too, has dropped weight — “about 10 pounds,” he said. He also hoisted a monkey off his back when he scored 16 goals in 50 games for Frolunda in his first season in the Swedish first division after posting more modest totals at lower levels.

“I scored a lot of goals, and that was a big thing for me,” Wennberg said. “I needed to really show that I could do that.”

Rychel had a monster final season in junior hockey. He had 34 goals and 56 assists in 58 regular-season games for Windsor and Guelph of the Ontario Hockey League and had 32 points in 20 playoff games while leading Guelph to the Memorial Cup final.

All of it is notable progression, but none of the first-rounders is guaranteed a roster spot.

Including Johansen and Corey Tropp, who signed the first one-way contract of his career this week, the Jackets have 12 forwards that will start the season on the roster, barring injury.

Forward Brian Gibbons played 41 games for Pittsburgh last season and was added via free agency. Simon Hjalmarsson of Sweden was signed in June, and the Jackets traded for former Toronto forward Jerry D’Amigo last week.

And there are other young players, including NHL-experienced Michael Chaput and Sean Collins, in the mix.

“You can’t really look at who’s under contract or who’s on the team,” Rychel said. “You have to come into camp with the right mindset. But you look at the prospects here and the skill that’s here, and the future is going to be bright here in Columbus. I want to be a part of that.”

Weber signs

The Blue Jackets signed defenseman Will Weber, a restricted free agent, to a one-year, two-way contract.

Weber, 25, was a Jackets second-round draft pick in 2007.

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